Cervical dystonia: Abnormal head posture and its relation to hand function

Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 203-208

  El Bahrawy, Mohamed N ^a   El Tamawy, Mohamed S ^b   Shalaby, Nevin M ^b   Abdel Alim, Ahmed M ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND FUNCTION; HEAD MOVEMENT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 64549122831     PISSN: 11101083     EISSN: 16878329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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